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[MacFaulty]

So, I took a legacy kext of the net from a 88E8056 and edited it for my 88E8059, just to try whether it works or not.
Well, I must say that I did got some results. I've got OS X to see my card, for the first time!
The only thing is that when OS X sees the LAN card it says that the cable is not connected or the device on the other side is not responding. But I did connected a cable to my working gbit switch.

Here is my legacy kext info.plist code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>org.darwinx86.yukon2.88E8059</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>AppleYukon2 enabler for 88E8059</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>KEXT</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>????</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>IOKitPersonalities</key>
<dict>
<key>Yukon-88E8059</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2</string>
<key>EnableLowPwr</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>yukon2osx</string>
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
<string>0x11ab4381</string>
<key>IOProviderClass</key>
<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
<key>MACNumber</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>Model</key>
<string>Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8059 Singleport Copper SA</string>
<key>NetworkNumber</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>RxDeadman</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>RxRingGrowonpause</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>RxRingSize</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>RxRingSize_100MBit</key>
<integer>128</integer>
<key>RxRingSize_10MBit</key>
<integer>64</integer>
<key>RxRingSize_GigaBit</key>
<integer>256</integer>
<key>TxRingSize</key>
<integer>256</integer>
<key>Vendor</key>
<string>Marvell</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>OSBundleRequired</key>
<string>Root</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Now that I'm this far I really would like to get it working. I added the IOSecondaryMatch in the kext with my, in Windows given, subsystem ID. Is this correct? I also edited the IOPrimaryMatch to reflect my device and vendor ID.

Is there anything else I can try to get this working?

[MacFaulty]

Anybody got any ideas?

Also, whenever I boot in to my Windows installation. The card goes just missing. So I have to reboot, do a fake PXE boot and then I get at POST: System Configuration Data Updated.

This is only when I leave OS X.

[廿浮沉]

I have a 88e8059 nic too.And I have found this problem one years ago.The AppleYukon2 has a fatal error when it inits. I just hope someone could develop a kext for this card.

[MacFaulty]

I know there is a linux driver for this card, isn't there a possibility that a tech know-how could fix it up for OS X? He/she would make a lot of people very happy with such a present

[MacFaulty]

If I go with the verbose boot log created by the system I don't see any errors. It even reads my MAC address:

edit: There is an error. Check the block code below this one. I really want this to work, is there anything I might try? Other Rx values or what-so-ever?

Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: Marvell Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8059 Singleport Copper SA
Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: RxRingSize <= 1024, TxRingSize 256, RX_MAX_LE 1024, TX_MAX_LE 768, ST_MAX_LE 3328
Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout kernel[0]: yukon: Ethernet address 00:24:54:a6:a6:a2
Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: Session 256 retained (2 references)
Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: init_page_flip: page flip mode is on
Nov 3 22:21:27 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local apsd[70]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1102)
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local awacsd[68]: Exiting
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: mux_initialize: kAGCGetMuxState (kMuxControl, kMuxControl_switchingMode) failed (0xe0000001)
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: mux_initialize: Mode is safe
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: GLCompositor enabled for tile size [256 x 256]
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: CGXGLInitMipMap: mip map mode is on
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: WSMachineUsesNewStyleMirroring: false
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: Display 0x6bc5a000: GL mask 0x1; bounds (0, 0)[1366 x 768], 24 modes available
Main, Active, on-line, enabled, built-in, boot, Vendor daf, Model 1680, S/N 0, Unit 0, Rotation 0
UUID 0x00000daf00001680000000006bc5a000
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: Display 0x003f003d: GL mask 0x2; bounds (0, 0)[0 x 0], 1 modes available
off-line, enabled, Vendor ffffffff, Model ffffffff, S/N ffffffff, Unit 1, Rotation 0
UUID 0xffffffffffffffffffffffff003f003d
Nov 3 22:21:29 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local WindowServer[91]: Created shield window 0x5 for display 0x6bc5a000

Nov  3 22:23:17 Mac-Pro-van-Wout kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: error - FATAL: SkGeStopPort() does not terminate (Rx)
Nov  3 22:23:17 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.services.systemconfiguration.network' by client '/System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SCHelper' [223] for authorization created by '/Applications/System Preferences.app' [145] (100003,0)
Nov  3 22:23:17 Mac-Pro-van-Wout kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: error - FATAL: SkGeStopPort() does not terminate (Rx)
Nov  3 22:23:17 Mac-Pro-van-Wout.local configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0!:192.168.178.27) v6(en0!:fe80::be05:43ff:feeb:48c4) DNS Proxy SMB

[廿浮沉]

I think if we want to fix the error(AppleYukon2: error - FATAL: SkGeStopPort() does not terminate (Rx)),we should patch the binary file in AppleYukon2.But I don't have any knowledge about it.Maybe someone could make a driver for this nic from linux driver.

[廿浮沉]

Are you good at programming? If you can make a driver,just like you say,you make a lot of people very happy with such a present.

[MacFaulty]

廿浮沉, on 05 November 2012 - 06:49 AM, said:

Are you good at programming? If you can make a driver,just like you say,you make a lot of people very happy with such a present.

Hahah, thanks. Well I'm no programmer yet. It will take 3 years before I'll have all the I/O systems under control. So, for the short run, I'm no programmer. But when I will gain more and more knowledge I'll try of course Hope somebody else could help us (and many others) out

By the way. What is the most appropriate section for this topic? (Where most programmers look here on the forum? ). I just opened this topic, but I don't know whether it belongs in this section.

[廿浮沉]

_{I also don't know}

[MacFaulty]

Hmm... I'm trying to pick up some binary patching, but I don't get much of it. Some easy guides around? Want to patch this bastard!!